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Cost-Per-Action VS Cost-Per-Click

If you are new to the digital marketing space or a long-time user then you’ve probably debated between Cost-per-action (CPA) and Cost-per-click (CPC). So what is the difference and WHY does it matter?

We’ve broken down the differences between Cost-per-action (CPA) and Cost-per-click (CPC). Most importantly the advantages and disadvantages of these digital advertising cost methods.

Cost-per-action (CPA)

With a Cost-per-action (CPA) campaign, the advertiser pays only for clicks that subsequently see visitors complete some specific action. This action can be a purchase of a product, download of a document, sign-up for a newsletter / membership, or countless other steps.[ezcol_1half]Advantages:

Directly paying for a specific action.

Generate engagement with desired action. [/ezcol_1half]

[ezcol_1half_end]Disadvantages:

Could generate low engagement on a single action, even if you’re serving lots of ads and generating lots of clicks.[/ezcol_1half_end]

Cost-per-click (CPC)

Cost-per-click (CPC) means that the advertiser pays the publisher each time one of their ads is clicked. In other words, the advertiser is paying for visitors sent to their site from the publisher’s site.

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